Engineering Manager, Swan
Embedded finance platform
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Embedded finance platform
201-500 employees
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201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower all kinds of digital companies to transform their UX and start embedding banking features within minutes.
Role
Who you are
- You have at least 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer and at least 2 years of experience as a manager
- You have strong leadership and team management skills
- You have worked in complex environments involving product, QA, security, and platform teams
- Proficiency in software development and a solid understanding of system architecture
- Hands-on experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure tools like Docker and Kubernetes
- Familiarity with coding standards, security protocols, and QA/testing processes
- You are familiar with automated testing and continuous integration
- You have experience with distributed systems or microservices architecture
- You have worked with GraphQL and Kafka
- You are interested in functional programming
- You have strong communication and collaboration skills and the ability to align engineering goals with business priorities
- Fluent in English
- Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door
What the job involves
- Swan is looking for an Engineering Manager to join is tech team of 70+ people
- The Engineering team is by far the largest at Swan. This team includes Software developers, who build payments and end-customer applications, as well as Infrastructure, DevOps, QA, and Security
- We build with intent, focusing on solving real problems that matter. In a regulated environment, compliance, security, and resilience are at our core
- We value ownership, open collaboration, and a shared vocabulary to keep complexity manageable. Simplicity is key, clean, maintainable code wins over clever tricks. We ship fast, learn continuously, and always strive for excellence
- The role is to lead the Merchant and Account Funding. The Merchant and Account Funding team sits at the heart of Swan's financial ecosystem, enabling the seamless movement of funds between various entities within our banking-as-a-service platform
- Our scope focuses particularly on merchant features, from the onboarding of merchant partners to the management of specific payment features: SEPA direct debit transfers, card acquiring, and payment by checks
- By joining our team, you'll have the opportunity to build foundational components that enable Swan's customers to create innovative financial products and services, directly contributing to our mission of making banking accessible to everyone
- Manage and lead a team of 4-8 Software Engineers, providing guidance, mentorship, and coaching to team members
- Drive people management initiatives, including hiring, performance evaluation, career development, and employee retention
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the engineering team
- Be accountable for your team's projects, make technical decisions, and solve complex challenges in a demanding technical environment with a reactive architecture
- Partner with product managers to build and refine the team’s roadmap
- Ensure your team follows company technical standards and architectural patterns effectively
- Monitor system performance in your domain to maintain the quality of service despite rapidly growing loads
- Establish and enforce architectural standards and ensure proper implementation of automated testing
- Be responsible for successful roadmap execution, providing clear visibility and reporting for tracking progress at scale
- Lead cross-team and cross-domain collaborations, ensuring effective communication among all stakeholders
- Maintain operational excellence in production and manage incident responses effectively
Application process
- A 30-min video call with our Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions
- Hiring Manager interview
- Design System interview
- VP Engineering interview
- HR interview - to evaluate managerial skills
Our take
Swan believes its services can transform a business by adding a financial layer. Swan’s APIs enable European companies to integrate banking services into their own digital product: embedded finance.
While not alone in the fintech industry, the company stands out by squarely targeting SaaS platforms, marketplaces, and other fintechs with its embedded finance products. The company, offering an end-to-end, integrated and multi-product experience coupled with the fact it owns the payment and fraud risk, has garnered the attention of impressive clients including Agricap, Carrefour, Pennylane and Ride.
The company has invested into accelerating its expansion into the European market by developing more banking features that are specialized for a variety of local EU markets and enhancing the platform’s functionality with a self-service offering. Swan is gaining momentum with its expansion efforts and is well set to remain on this path.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
78% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2025
$49.6m
SERIES B
Sep 2023
$43.7m
SERIES B
Total funding: $118m
Company benefits
- ESOP packages available
- Flexible remote policy
- Swan encourages you to have fun staying fit, thanks to partnerships with Classpass & Gymlib
- Twice a year we go somewhere gorgeous (a chateau, a mountain) where we reconnect, deep-dive into big topics, and relax
- The best health insurance
- We provide a Swile card to cover your meal on work days
- Extra holidays (RTT)
Company HQ
Porte-Saint-Martin, Paris, France
Leadership
Nicolas Benady
(CEO)Previously co-founded Antelop Solutions and, earlier, PriceMinister. Acted as Product Manager for French Market of VISA Europe, President of Limonetik, IT Project Manager for AXA Cessions, and was a Team Member for Endless Winter.
Nicolas Saison
(COO)Previous experience as Vice President of Product for Payboost, Digital IT Manager for AXA France, Payment Project Director for Limonetik, and as a Developer and Risk Manager for AXA.
Mathieu Breton
(CTO)Previously co-founded and acted as CTO for JS-Republic. Experience as Senior Software Engineer for Xebia France, Software Engineer for BT Global Services, and Web Developer for éQuin gestion.
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